Abraham Gibbs, of Exeter

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• Coat of Arms: Exeter, Devon; 'Gibbs Argent, 3 pole axes erect, 2&1 sable. Of Venton & St George's & Exeter"
• Occupation: Merchant and Steward of Exeter
• Baptism: 3 Jul 1623, Clyst St George, Devon
• Occupation: 12 Nov 1649, Exeter, Devon; Grocer, apprentice of William Sanford

Notes:

Buried in the Church of St. Mary Arches in Exeter. Will dated 12 September 1668, proved 6 November 1668 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

Buried:
Church of St. Mary Arches

Abraham married Elizabeth Mauduit on 27 Nov 1648. Elizabeth (daughter of Isaac Mauduit and Deborah Wood) was born about 1623; died on 3 Aug 1702 in Exeter, Devon; was buried in Exeter, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Gibbs was born in 1650 in Exeter, Devon; died between 1717 and 1719 in Exeter, Devon.
2. Deborah Gibbs was born in 1651 in Exeter, Devon; died in 1654 in Exeter, Devon.
3. Isaac Gibbs, of Exeter was born on 25 Mar 1653 in Exeter, Devon; died on 31 Mar 1726 in Exeter, Devon; was buried on 4 Apr 1726.
4. Rev. John Gibbs was born in 1654 in Exeter, Devon; died on 15 Jan 1698; was buried in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.
5. Rebecca Gibbs was born in 1654 in Exeter, Devon; died in 1654 in Exeter, Devon; was buried on 29 May 1654 in Exeter, Devon.
6. Deborah Gibbs was born in 1655 in Exeter, Devon; died in Sep 1660 in Exeter, Devon; was buried on 4 Sep 1660 in Exeter, Devon.
7. Abraham Gibbs was born in 1657 in Exeter, Devon; died in Apr 1684 in Exeter, Devon; was buried on 24 Apr 1684 in Exeter, Devon.
8. George Gibbs, of London was born in 1659 in Exeter, Devon; died in 1691 in London.
9. Jacob Gibbs was born in 1662 in Exeter, Devon; died on 23 May 1693.

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• Occupation: Yeoman, Churchwarden of Clyst St. George
• Baptism: 19 Sep 1570, Clyst St George, Devon
• will: 16 Apr 1644

Notes:

Memorial Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George. In a deed of 17 March 1624-5 (among title deeds of William Carnegie Barnes of Exeter (formerly of Great Duryard there ) - in 1930) he "John Gibbe of Pitt in Clyst St. George yeoman' leased property in Ebford, Woodbury, from Sir Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, Woodbury for 99 yrs., paying £110 down and 10s yearly. The Memorial Inscription to John and his wife is on the floor of the N. aisle of the church.

John married Anstice Culliford on 19 Sep 1603 in Ottery St Mary, Devon. Anstice (daughter of John Culliford and Alice Gould) was born in 1583 in Devon; died on 20 Sep 1638; was buried on 20 Sep 1638 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ansteis Culliford
• Name: Anstes Culliford
• Birth: 1580

Notes:

Memorial Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George.

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• Name: George Gibb
• Name: George Gybbe
• Birth: Abt 1545, Clyst St George, Devon
• Burial: 20 Aug 1606, Clyst St George, Devon

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Taxed at Clyst St. George 1581; buried there 25 August 1606. Will dated 24 February 1605-6, proved 29 August 1606 in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter.

He is the earliest actually proved ancestor of the family. The pedigree from this George and his wives was recorded in the books of the College of Arms in 1858; see p. xvi, 1 of the Additions of 1927 to 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs. George's will, proved by his widow Mary, mentions his sons John the elder, John the younger, Edward, Andrew, and George, daughter Catherine, grandson George, son of John the elder, also his brother-in-law Andrew Loveringe. John Gib a witness, William Gib an overseer of the will.

George married Gwenllian Welthean on 10 Jul 1569 in Clyst St George, Devon. Gwenllian was born about 1549 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 20 Apr 1583 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 20 Apr 1584 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Gwenllian Gibb

Notes:

Married at Clyst St. George 10 July 1569; buried there 20 April 1584.

John married Alice Gould about 1584 in Dorset. Alice was born about 1547 in Fordington, Dorset, England; died in Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1547, Dorchester, Dorset

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• Residence: Clyst St George, Devon
• Birth: 1520, Devon

Notes:

There are 13 men at the beginning of this Gibbs Family Tree: John Gibbe, Henry Gibbe, Richard Gybbe, Thomas Gybbe, John Gybbe, Rev. William Gybbe, Geroge Gybbe, Walter Gybbe, Andrew Gybbe, George Gibb, Richard Gibbe, Robert Gibbe and Thomas Gibbs who are set down as the first three generations. The connection between these 13 men is conjectural. In the 1903 edition of the 'Gibbs Pedigree' there were only two conjecturally arranged generations but they embraced the same men, except that Richard and John Gibbe were not brought in, though the latter was mentioned under John the buyer of Pytte. The new arrangement follows Appendix XIII of Lord Hunsdon's 'Gibbs of Fenton'. His Chapter III must be read to appreciate the full force of the arguments for relationship between these persons and between them and the Gibbs family of Fenton, but the following short - though incomplete - statement may be useful.

It is not very likely that among these 13 men living in the contiguous parishes of Clyst St. George and Woodbury there would be any of an unrelated family of the same surname, and there is actual evidence of relationship in some cases. Thus, John Gibbe renting Pytte and John Gybbe succeeding him (first as a renter, afterwards as owner) declares them to be relations and with little doubt father and son, while George Gibb, who is known to be father of John of Pytte must also have owned Pytte and have succeeded John as his son as shown in the Chart, or perhaps as his nephew. Again, there is evidence pointing to relationship between Henry of Woodbury, William, the rector and George of Claypitt, and between the last named and John of Pytte.

The name, not having been found in the parishes concerned at a period earlier than that of the first generation suggests that the family had recently come from outside to settle there. This is consistent with the tradition that the family was an offshoot from that of Fenton in Dartington (near Totnes and under 30 miles from Clyst St. George), a tradition till recently mainly only supported by an unofficial Ordinary of Arms of about 1689 in the College of Arms which quoted the Dartington family's arms as belonging to both families, and to the actual use of those arms by members of the Clyst family from at least 1691 onwards. Now, however, that Lord Hunsdon has produced other evidence for the connection, and especially evidence that William, the rector, was some relation of that family (and if he, then all the Clyst family), little doubt remains of the truth of the tradition. The pedigree of Gibbs of Fenton, embodying Lord Hunsdon's surmise that John Gybbe of Pytte was a son of William Gibbs of Fenton who died before October, 1487, is therefore inserted before Chart 1.
In the Lay Subsidy Roll of 15 Henry VIII, quoted on p. 80 of 'Gibbs of Fenton', he appears as 'John Gybbe at Pytte asessed for his goods at 100s tax 2s.6d.' Pytte, the cradle of our Clyst St. George family, is the house, 300 yards north of the church, which remained in the family till 1790, was restored to it in 1839. John probably died before 1543, the year of the next subsidy ('Gibbs of Fenton', p.54).

Taxed 1524, 1543 and 1546; bought Peytt in Clyst St. George 1560, buried at Clyst St. George 24 May 1573.

His birth in 1510 is established in 'Gibbs of Fenton', pp. 54-5.

His purchase of Pytte is recorded as follows in Rev. Dr. G. Oliver's 'Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon' (pub. 1839-42), Vol. I, p. 151: 'On 1 May (2 Elizabeth) 1560 John Gybb or Gybbs of St. George's Clyst purchased of Thomas Lord Wentworth for £110 the Fee Simple of all that messuage .... called Peytt of which the said John Gybb was the tenant and occupier'. The agreement for this purchase (abstracted in 'Gibbs of Fenton', pp. 140-1) shows that the property bought was '1 messuage, 1 guarden, 40 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow'. See also entry for Rev. William Gybbe who acted for John in the agreement.

John married Anne Joanes. Anne was born in 1510 in England; died in Jun 1584 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 5 Jun 1584 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Joan
• Birth: Abt 1520, England

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Taxed 1531 at Clyst St. George; buried there 5 June 1584.

Henry married Miss Miss Gillett. Miss was born about 1511 in Encombe, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England; died before 10 Dec 1561 in Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]